St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-07
A. GREAT IRON REGION.
Wonderful Developments on the
BaraboO Iron Range.


Baraboo Iron Range.
NORTH FREEDOM, Wis, Nov. 4.-The
town of Baraboo, Wis, is OH the Chi
cagO Il Northwestern railway, distant
175 miles from Chicago and 245 miles
from st. Paul. 1t is on the BarabOO
river, which at this point flows i'll an
easterly direction and joins the Wiscon-
sin river at Portage City. Driving west
from BarabOo and following the river
for seven miles brings one to North
Freedom, town on the main line OF the
Chicago II Northwestern railway. This
town lies at the foot of the BaraboO
Bessemer steel and iron range, which
begins mile. south of the town and
stretches off in a southweSterly direc-
ton 1t is in the valley at the foot of
the north slope of this range that the
marvellous deposits of soft hematite
ore are now being developed.
The Bessemer Range Land d Min
ing company controls all the choice iron
lands in this district. This company is
developing certain of its properties
undo r its own management, and others
it leases in tracts suitable for develop
ment. Ten mines are now under devel-
opment on this range, six being
operated by stockholders of the
mining company and two by citizens
of BaralOo, and two by st. Paul and
Minneapolis parties. OF these mines
the douglas is little further devel-
Oped than the others. One OF the other
mines. the "Elienborough," is operated
by st. Paul parties, the company con-
sisting of f. II. OZmun, j. H. Knox, r.
+. Knox and J. c. Bullitt, Jr.
This range derives its name from the
,naIiY1 IF tho nrp 1icpnvprp1 which *
so rich in metallic iron and so extremely
low in phosphorus as to be pronounced
a distinct ore in itself, and of great
value in the manufacture of steel. The
ore bearing rocks are uniform, easily
found and cheaply worked. The great
ore markets of Chicago and Joliet are
less than 200 miles distant. The range
lying right along the great Chicago d
Northwestern railway enables shippers
to place the product of these mines at
those points at the same prices as the
ores from the GOgebic range can be
placed on the docks at Ashland. In
this respect this range has al i'll
calculable advantage over the Go
gebic and Vermillion ranges. Capt.
PeaSe. the veteran of the GOgebic
and superintendent of the great Colby
mine. is now superintendent of the
Douglas mine. The captain says that
the discoveries at the Douglas far exceed
anything that ever have been made on
the Gogebic range. 1t would seem that
while immense fortunes nave been
made during the past four years in the
Gogebic and VermilliOn districts. even
greater developments are promised on
this new range with the knowledge
acquired in past workings.
This place, North Freedom, is the
coming mining city. Located, as it is,
at the mouth of the valley leading to
these mines, only two or three miles
away it is the place where a second and
larger Hurley is to spring up. The
Chicago d. Northwestern is to build
spur road from Freedom up this valley
to the various mines. AS one of the
officers of the mining company re-
marked TO me. IF these old mOssbacks
at Freedom only knew what is in store
for them they could not sleep at nights
The next thirty days will see growth
and development at this town that will
astonish these natives. Here is the
place for a large town. and no other
place offers such opportunities for in
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